Blog Entries about Innocent Animals

A new book criticizing vegetarianism and veganism is making a splash in the UK. Reviewers have called it "groundbreaking" and "life changing." After reading the book, George Monbriot, a well known environmentalist and advocate of veganism, has reversed his position and is now advocating eating animal flesh, as long as the animal has been sustainably raised. The book causing all the fuss was written by Simon Fairlie, a farmer with experience in permaculture, which is a type of agriculture that seeks to mimic natural ecosystems. The book is called Meat: A Benign Extravagance. It's a descriptive and revealing title that simultaneously sums up the gist of Fairlie's argument and also reveals the weakness in it. Keep Reading →

People tell me I'm an idealist, as if pitying me for living in a disappointing world of unreality. I have to admit that as I've aged, the inner idealism has grown some crusty, hardened edges from the inevitable battles we all face in life. Yet I maintain that a hopeful, positive outlook is the only way to stay sane in a world gone mad. So when I hear stories like that of Koa Halpern, [1] I take courage, and feel a sense of renewal. Keep Reading →

Team members from Down to Earth celebrated this Fourth of July Holiday with a float in the annual Kailua Parade on the island of Oahu, which was held today, on Monday the 5th.  Keep Reading →

 As a sure sign of its wide-reaching impact, The Meatless Monday movement is getting a surreptitious yet steady attempt at discreditation by the meat industry. Not really a surprise. In fact to me, it signals success, a sample of which follows.

MM has now made the Washington Post, as in "Meatless Mondays, a movement that has legs." Keep Reading →